TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Suicide-specific diagnosis: the current perspective and the way forward
JO  - Psychiatria Danubina
A1  - Biswas, Tathagata
SP  - 598
EP  - 600
VL  - 35
IS  - 4
N2  - Suicide, a major public health concern, has a global prevalence of 9.0/lakh population (Ilic & Ilic 2022). Despite its catastrophic nature, suicide has received little attention in the major psychiatry nomenclatures, merely complementing the diagnosis of other disorders (depression and borderline personality), while missing a men- tion in anorexia nervosa and schizophrenia, where it is a leading cause of death (Rogers et al. 2019). Moreover, at times suicides may not be related to a mental illness (Fehling & Selby 2021). Thus, a suicide-specific diagnosis can help a) improve and standardise suicide assessment in clinical settings, b) increase preventive measures in vulnerable patients, c) provide a universal language for researchers and healthcare providers, and d) reduce personal, legal and social burden (Fehling & Selby 2021, Rogers et al. 2017).     Three acute suicidal diagnoses have been recently proposed...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0353-5053
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -